tube bender purchase
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RockMonkey
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Check out http://www.jd2.com and http://www.pro-tools.com
The JD2 model 3 seems to be the most popular among budget minded folks, and works very well. If you get that one skip the degree ring, no one has ever used it. Also, build your own stand and handle, just get the basic bender and the dies you want. As far as dies go it's usually best to get the smallest radius possible, and get the 180 degree dies, rather than the 90s.
The JD2 model 3 seems to be the most popular among budget minded folks, and works very well. If you get that one skip the degree ring, no one has ever used it. Also, build your own stand and handle, just get the basic bender and the dies you want. As far as dies go it's usually best to get the smallest radius possible, and get the 180 degree dies, rather than the 90s.
crimsonride
huh?
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- Murray
SAMI said:
What
RockMonkey said:
pretty much what I would've said...the best thing to do is to call around and get prices, the pro-tools and the JD2 are almost identical. Check out the price of dies cause that is whats going to end up costing you the most. Couple places to call are
www.vansantent.com (jd2 model3)
www.mtechsupply.com (jd2 model3 and NE5)
www.jd2.com (jd2 model3)
www.pro-tools.com (protools)
www.rockbuggysupply.com (protools)
Hope that info helps ya get started on your search
basically when I oredered mine I oredered from the place I could get it the quickest and the dies were teh cheapest and it was direct from jd2 at the time...things always change so call around and decide which is the best place for you.
BBowski82
What are you looking at?
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- Haubstadt, In
RockMonkey said:
Mayber we are just odd, but we use the degree ring all the time...
SAMI said:you'll see.....might not be the size you need though
yeah, its a freaking brake line bender, which style are you going to get...I have two of those with different radius'...and I hope you really aren;t going to pay $10 for one, they can be had for $5 at most autoparts stores and I got my smallest radius one from Sears for $5...
supergper said:yeah, its a freaking brake line bender, which style are you going to get...I have two of those with different radius'...and I hope you really aren;t going to pay $10 for one, they can be had for $5 at most autoparts stores and I got my smallest radius one from Sears for $5...
it's actually a small bender from a hobby shop, for up to and including 1/8'' metal tube or solid bars....
would a brakeline bender be easier to use? and cheaper obviously....
i'm bending up solid brass...prolly smaller than 1/8''....maybe 1/16''? they said to heat it up with a torch and then make the bend....said it's easy to do....only the bender for these things are sorta wierd....they look like a platform with two stubby pieces of tube sticking up, and you place the tube in the middle and bend it like so, using the two little stubby things....
so question is, would a brakeline bender bend brass?(they said it was easy when heated).....
and how is the brakeline bender used?
***PS....sorry for the hijack...
crimsonride
huh?
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- Murray
SAMI said:
I've got a cool one I use for brakelines. It's like a pair of pliers with a round die in the middle and two round rollers on both sides. One roller draws the line around the die. Works great, I made lines for Brad's jeep with it that follow the axle up the truss and up the arm to the frame.
James K
NO, I'm always like this
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- Taylorsville, Ut
Go straight to JD2. It ain't worth the time goofing around with all the other distributers.